Spaghetti with Tuna

Name: Spaghetti with Tuna (Pasta ro principi)
Yield: Serves 6 to 8
Cuisine: Italian
Ingredients: 1 pound spaghetti; Freshly ground black pepper; 2 tablespoons plus ½ cup extra virgin olive oil; ½ cup fresh bread crumbs; 10 sprigs fresh mint, chopped (optional); Grated zest of 1 lemon; 4 cloves garlic, chopped; ½ teaspoon coarse salt; 1 (6-ounce) can tuna packed in olive oil; Small bunch of Italian flat-leaf parsley, chopped

Pasta ro principi

Preparation info

Serves
6 to 8

Difficulty
Easy

Appears in

Sicilian Feasts

By Giovanna Bellia La Marca

Published 2023

About

This “princely” dish is made with a delicious and super-fast uncooked sauce full of fragrance and flavor. You can grow mint in a clay pot indoors or out to add to this recipe or to any green salad. If you do not have fresh mint, just leave it out of the recipe. No dried mint, please.

Ingredients

½ cup fresh bread crumbs
2 tablespoons plus ½ cup extra virgin olive oil

Europe
Americas
Italy
United States
Fish course
Pescatarian
Mediterranean
Sicily
Pasta

Method

Place the bread crumbs in a small pan, drizzle with 2 tablespoons of extra virgin olive oil, mix well, stir over medium heat until fragrant and golden in color and immediately remove from the pan and set aside.

Place the tuna with its oil in a small bowl and flake. Add the parsley, mint, garlic, lemon zest, salt, and ½